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Car Wash Test on 53 leading AI models: "I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?" (opper.ai)
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Screenshot of this question was making the rounds last week. But this article covers testing against all the well-known models out there.

Also includes outtakes on the 'reasoning' models.

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[โ€“] elbiter@lemmy.world 25 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I just tried it on Braves AI

The obvious choice, said the motherfucker ๐Ÿ˜†

[โ€“] conartistpanda@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

This is why computers are expensive.

[โ€“] Jax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 52 minutes ago* (last edited 51 minutes ago) (1 children)

Dirtying the car on the way there?

The car you're planning on cleaning at the car wash?

Like, an AI not understanding the difference between walking and driving almost makes sense. This, though, seems like such a weird logical break that I feel like it shouldn't be possible.

[โ€“] _g_be@lemmy.world 2 points 38 minutes ago (1 children)

You're assuming AI "think" "logically".

Well, maybe you aren't, but the AI companies sure hope we do

[โ€“] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 minutes ago* (last edited 15 minutes ago)

Absolutely not, I'm still just scratching my head at how something like this is allowed to happen.

Has any human ever said that they're worried about their car getting dirtied on the way to the carwash? Maybe I could see someone arguing against getting a carwash, citing it getting dirty on the way home โ€” but on the way there?

Like you would think it wouldn't have the basis to even put those words together that way โ€” should I see this as a hallucination?

Granted, I would never ask an AI a question like this โ€” it seems very far outside of potential use cases for it (for me).